SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

2017 Final RAT Stats
CONGRATULATIONS! You've completed your RAT! We'd love to hear how it went!

Give us the Scoop:
✓ Number of days/hours spent reading
✓ Number and/or list of books read
✓ Number of pages read

Optional Add'l Info to Share:
✓ Did you find it fun or was it more of a chore to complete?
✓ Is this your first time participating in a Read-a-Thon? If so, would you participate again or was once is enough? If not, how did this year's RAT compare?
✓ Did you choose RAT books in advance? If so, were you able to read all of the books you'd set aside?
✓ Did you have a favorite reading spot?
✓ Did you find it difficult to stick to your reading schedule? If so, how'd ya overcome it?
✓ Did you discover a new series, author or genre?
✓ Did you read alone or with partner?
✓ Which book format(s) did you use for your RAT? Audio, Paperback/Hardcover (DTB), or eBook OR did you use a mix of formats?


✮✪ PARTICIPANTS' FINAL RAT STATS ✪✮

⓵ DO NOT DISTURB: One day (24h)
1. Elsa ➰
2. Sam
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4.
5.

⓶ NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE: Two days (12h)
✓ 1. Sam
2.
3.
4.
5.

⓷ WILL WORK FOR BOOKS: Three days (8h)
✓ 1. Martha
✓ 2. Nina
3. ~JustMel~
4. Michelle (13)
5. Sandra

⓸ SLOW & STEADY: Four or more days (2-7h)
✓ 1. ladymurmur
2. Rachel- Goodbye Borders
3. Lekeisha
4. Delitealex
✓ 5. Moondance
6. Michelle (23)
7. ~Melissa~

Martha's 2017 Final RAT Stats

✓ Number of days/hours spent reading: I read for 25 hours and 36 minutes over 3 days.
✓ Number and/or list of books read:

✓ Number of pages read: 1,203 pages

Optional Add'l Info to Share:
✓ Did you find it fun or was it more of a chore to complete? It was definitely fun. Great excuse to do what I often end up doing anyway---spend all day reading.
✓ Is this your first time participating in a Read-a-Thon? It was my first and I intend to do it again.
✓ Did you choose RAT books in advance? I ended up reading only 3 of the books I set aside on RAT days. I read another 3 on other days and still have 4 tbr.
✓ Did you have a favorite reading spot? Mostly in my little nest on the couch.
✓ Did you find it difficult to stick to your reading schedule? No
✓ Did you discover a new series, author or genre? Most was working on series I'd already started, but I discovered the Kingmaker Chronicles trilogy which I loved, the only problem is I have to wait until next year for the third book.
✓ Did you read alone or with partner? Alone
✓ Which book format(s) did you use for your RAT? All eBooks.

Glad you enjoyed it, Martha, and plan to join us next year! Thanks for sharing your feedback. It's always great finding a new series, though the waiting is always hard.

Got extremely busy at work this month so was only able to do one- 24 hour period.

Do Not Disturb
24 hours straight
9/29/17 @ 1100 to 9/30/17 @ 1100

Dark Peril- Christine Feehan- 86 pages
Emily of New Moon- L.M. Montgomery- 272 pages
Archangel's Shadows- Nalini Singh- 384 pages
Lover Awakened- J.R. Ward- 468 pages

Total pages: 1210 pages

Books finished:


Optional Add'l Info to Share:
Did you find it fun or was it more of a chore to complete? reading is always fun but I found it very hard to stay focused on only reading for 24 straight hours
Is this your first time participating in a Read-a-Thon? If so, would you participate again or was once is enough? If not, how did this year's RAT compare? This was my second RaT. I got a lot more read last time. It seems to go better for me if I do 8 hour chunks than 24 straight hours.
Did you choose RAT books in advance? If so, were you able to read all of the books you'd set aside? I did choose my books in advance and I got to read all of them I'd picked for this RaT. I judged accurately on how much I could get read during that time.
Did you have a favorite reading spot? I like to read snuggled in my 6ft bean bag chair/bed with my dogs
Did you find it difficult to stick to your reading schedule? If so, how'd ya overcome it? It was very difficult to stick to the schedule. I only managed it by reminding myself that I was at the end of the month and hadn't done it yet.
Did you discover a new series, author or genre? No
Did you read alone or with partner? alone
Which book format(s) did you use for your RAT? Audio, Paperback/Hardcover (DTB), or eBook OR did you use a mix of formats? ebook only (kindle)
Final thoughts: I enjoy the RaTs but I won't try and do 24 hours straight again. It was too hard. My mind kept wandering to other things. I find that I enjoy a little break between books to do something else and missed that this RaT. I think I will stick to the 8 hour days next time.

Number of days/hours spent reading 10 days/24 hours
Number and/or list of books read 8.5 books


I'm still reading The Spider

Number of pages read 2304 pages

Did you find it fun or was it more of a chore to complete? Reading was a shining light in my life this past month. I had so much going on with my family and myself that losing myself in a book was the best escape.

Is this your first time participating in a Read-a-Thon? If so, would you participate again or was once is enough? If not, how did this year's RAT compare? No, I have done several. I didn't read as much as I had planned. I will definitely do it again!

Did you choose RAT books in advance? If so, were you able to read all of the books you'd set aside? I had a few books in mind but mostly used some that I needed for other challenges.

Did you have a favorite reading spot? The corner of my sofa with a couple of kitties on my lap

Did you find it difficult to stick to your reading schedule? If so, how'd ya overcome it? I did have trouble sticking to a schedule this year. Good thing I have insomnia!

Did you discover a new series, author or genre? I've never read Ann Gimpel. The Soul Dance series sounds intriguing.

Did you read alone or with partner? Does alone count if you have furry creatures draped all over?

Which book format(s) did you use for your RAT? Audio, Paperback/Hardcover (DTB), or eBook OR did you use a mix of formats? I read paperbacks, hardcovers and Kindle. No audio this go round.

ladymurmur's final 2017 RAT stats

✓ Number of days/hours spent reading - I ended up logging 25 total hours for the RAT.
✓ Number and/or list of books read -
The Wizard of Washington Square

✓ Did you find it fun or was it more of a chore to complete? -
This year the RAT was a bit more challenging for me. Rather than regular long swaths of reading, I seem to be reading more and more in smaller bits.
✓ Is this your first time participating in a Read-a-Thon? If so, would you participate again or was once is enough? If not, how did this year's RAT compare? -
NOT my first RAT. :-) I plan to keep participating.
✓ Did you choose RAT books in advance? If so, were you able to read all of the books you'd set aside? -
Nope, I just read whatever I was my next read.
✓ Did you have a favorite reading spot? -
Curled up in bed.
✓ Which book format(s) did you use for your RAT? -
All ebook this time. Audiobooks have become almost a constant soundtrack for my life, I wanted to pay more attention to my actual, visual reading time.

Nina's Final 2017 RAT Stats
WILL WORK FOR BOOKS:

The Scoop:
✓ Number of days/hours spent reading: 3 Days ~ 25hrs 29min
✓ Number and/or list of books read:
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✓ Number of pages read: 2,026
✓ Did you find it fun or was it more of a chore to complete? It gave me an excuse to stay up late and read. So, yeah I had fun.
✓ Is this your first time participating in a Read-a-Thon? If so, would you participate again or was once is enough? If not, how did this year's RAT compare? Last year, I sign up for "Do Not Disturb" & I ended up doing much better than this time around when I had 3 days. But I still had fun & I'm looking forward to next year RAT.
✓ Did you choose RAT books in advance? If so, were you able to read all of the books you'd set aside? At first, I choose the books in advance but like always I didn't stick to it & ended switching books.
✓ Did you have a favorite reading spot? My brother bought this really big Bean Bag & I may or may not have "borrowed" it. It's my favourite thing in the world & where I read all the time.
✓ Did you find it difficult to stick to your reading schedule? If so, how'd ya overcome it? I read during my days off work so I had no trouble sticking to a reading scedule.
✓ Did you discover a new series, author or genre? I found three new authors, Aurora Rose Reynolds, J.C. Long, & Holly Evans. I really like J.C. Long writing but the other two not so much.
✓ Did you read alone or with partner? Alone
✓ Which book format(s) did you use for your RAT? Audio, Paperback/Hardcover (DTB), or eBook OR did you use a mix of formats? I used all three formats

Reading (with/out pets) in beanbag chairs ... awesome! Great feedback, guys! Thanks for joining in our 2017 RAT! :D